-coaching staff have been planning this training camp since the playoffs
-tried to keep some players that walked away in free agency
-updated Pettersson, Miller, and Hughes on who they were signing and believes all three were excited
-all free agents they signed expressed heavy interest in playing in Vancouver and playing for Tocchet
-need Pettersson to get back to his previous level and believes he's really eager to do so
-thinks there was some relief in Pettersson after signing the contract but he took his foot off the gas a little bit
-thinks a lot of players learned how difficult the playoffs are when you are in front of fans
-belives Pettersson and Hughes learned some things from the playoffs
-believes the coaching staff will keep on players and really get them to understand that good practice habits are the foundation of team success
-checked in with Pettersson a couple of times in the summer; Pettersson came to Vancouver early and wanted to be a part of the captain's skates; extremely eager
-will know about Demko's status in the next couple of days
-Demko was ready to be medically cleared for round 3
-want 6 goalies at camp and if some of them are not ready to go will add a goalie
-training camp will have Group A & B then a younger group C
-is hard to operate in LTIR; have different ideas and options to stay out of it
-happy where they are right now
-have a club option on Tocchet's contract for next year; when the time is right will look into an extension
-Boeser is trending towards being cleared and healthy
-expects Boeser to continue where he left off
-will have to make a decision on a Boeser extension before the trade deadline
-feels like he's been on the job longer than 2 years
-thinks they are capable of winning a Stanley Cup but still feels that everything needs to go right
-different expectation for this season and other teams will be ready for them
But no questions about the mistakes. The Russians. Signed Kuzmenko (39 goals), lots of cheers, then trades him away adding a 1st rnd, AAA RHD prospect, B defence prospect, 4th rnd pick for essentially a 12 game rental, trades Mikheyev away and adds retention, NHL player and 2nd rnd pick for a 4th rnd pick, lets the fastest player and most impactful playoff ironman defenceman, Zadorov go for a reported 275K difference.
Any concern of Boeser publicly asking for a trade 3 times or Garland? Usually players that don''t want to be there are dealt